The Simulation Is Glitching: Holographic Idol Hatsune Miku To Make Coachella 2020 Debut

The 2020 Coachella lineup is finally here, and there really are some heavy-hitters scheduled to bring the residence down: Lana Del Rey, Frank Ocean, Rage Against the Machine, and... Hatsune Miku?


If the name sounds unfamiliar, Hatsune Miku is a virtual pop star. She's performed at sold-out arenas across the globe for over a decade, and she specializes in cheery, energetic techno, pop, and dance songs. So no, she's not real, yet she can definitely perform like she is.


Miku is a vocaloid, or a singing vocal synthesizer. She is a creation place on Earth from a kind of software that can sing unique songs based on text input, order kind of like text-to-speech programs. Anyone can create songs using the technology for her, and create they do. As such, Miku has become something of a phenomenon over the years both in Japan where she was created, and while in the rest of the world. Thanks to her unique fashion and presence, she's won over the hearts of thousands, several of which cannot believe she's going to appear for the very first time at Coachella.


Fans across the world wide web are beside themselves with glee (and for several, confusion) that the virtual idol is making her way to Coachella for the very first time. It definitely does seem unreal, doesn't it?


This is hardly the initial time the vocaloid performer has taken the stage for a huge audience. Immediately after headlining her own show in 2009 at Japan's Saitama Super Arena, she headed west to debut in 2011 at Anime Expo in Los Angeles. Although one of the most exhilarating moments of her career was if she made an appearance on The Late Show With David Letterman.


In 2011, she even opened for Lady Gaga while in the "Poker Face" singer's candy-colored artRAVE tour.


A large portion of Coachella performers this year are Japanese and K-pop artists, including J-pop songstress Kyary Pamyu Pamyu and K-pop superstars BIGBANG. It's definitely going to be an interesting and diverse year for attendees this year.


Just don't forget to congratulate the diminutive diva Miku on all of her success within past decade in the event you head out and visualize her up there on the Coachella stage. The world is hers, soon after all.